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Re: XFS and RAID5 Aren't Playing Well Together (more info)

To: dcox@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: XFS and RAID5 Aren't Playing Well Together (more info)
From: "Martin K. Petersen" <mkp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 18 Jan 2001 16:32:17 -0500
Cc: Linux-XFS <linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Organization: Linuxcare, Inc.
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>>>>> "Danny" == Danny  <danscox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Danny> Now my main question: why does XFS change the block size?

Because some of our writes operate on smaller entities than the fs
block size.


Danny> Also, when I attempt the mkfs.xfs, md reports: "mkfs.xfs(pid
Danny> 527) used obsolete MD ioctl, upgrade your software to use new
Danny> ictls."  Is this an attempt by mkfs.xfs to change the
Danny> blocksize?

Yep.  My bug.  It seems I never committed the BLKSETSIZE ioctl changes
to md.  Will run some tests before updating the tree...

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Martin K. Petersen, Principal Linux Consultant, Linuxcare, Inc.
mkp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, http://www.linuxcare.com/
Linuxcare. Moving Forward.


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